The field of rehabilitation is experiencing an influx of mobile health (mHealth) applications designed to improve access to care and support adherence to therapeutic interventions. Rehabilitation encompasses a range of disciplines, including audiology, speech language pathology, clinical psychology, occupational and physical therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, and physical and rehabilitation medicine; each...
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Discussion
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No actionable change yet — this scoping review maps the landscape of pediatric mHealth apps but does not provide efficacy data to guide specific clinical adoption decisions.
As audiology increasingly integrates telehealth and digital tools for pediatric patients, understanding how child-focused mHealth apps perform in real-world collaborative care settings is strategically important.
- 01Scoping review mapped child-focused mHealth apps used in real-world collaborative rehabilitation interventions.
- 02Assessed how apps support care access and patient adherence in pediatric populations.
- 03Broad health scope — not limited to audiology — but findings are applicable to pediatric hearing care.
- 04Highlights gap between app availability and evidence-based implementation in clinical settings.
- 05Published in Digital Health journal.
Child-focused mHealth apps can be used in collaborative, real-world interventions to improve care access and adherence.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42973991
- DOI
- 10.1177/20552076261490207.
- Journal
- Digital Health
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 2a
- Population
- Children receiving collaborative real-world rehabilitation interventions using mHealth apps
- Intervention
- Child-focused mobile health (mHealth) applications used in collaborative care
Primary outcomes
Care access improvement; Treatment adherence